F3 Knoxville

Author: Waxjob

Board to Tears

THE SCENE: Low 40s… A little foggy and super dark. New moon I guess.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
A little bit of hybrid Plank/Planche
LBAC x20 Fwd/Back IC
Tempo Squats x15 IC
TN Rocking Chairs x15 IC
Hindurkins x15 IC
Calfkiller: 20 calf raise, 25% mosey, 20 and 50%, 20 and 75%, 20 and AYG, 20 more to make 100!
THA-THANG:
Mosey on over near the base of Mt Crumpet. On one path, there’s a cone set up. On the other path, we find a pile of boards, each with an exercise.
Each PAX throws their board across the stream at the cone. Mosey around to the other side, furthest one from the cone is the exercise we do.

Exercises are:
10x Al Gore Tucks
20x Star Jacks
20x Diamond Merkins
Crab-Walk/Walk-Crab up the hill
Bear-Crawl/Crawl-Bear up the hill
30x BBS
15x Burpees
20x Monkey Humpers
35x 4-ct Mountain Climbers

First 3 throws come up AGT. Decided to retire each board after it loses!
Made it through all but Burpees and Monkey Humpers before we ran out of time.

3/4″x3″x10″ boards are surprisingly difficult to throw! Several ended up in the stream, 2 actually got stuck IN THE TREE.

MARY:
20x Flutter Kicks IC

20x Slutter Kicks IC

Row Your Boat (4 rounds until Time!)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
As Pinocchio put it, 10 men discovered that their chances of surviving in the Australian outback with a boomerang are… minimal.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Stolen from Proton’s BOM yesterday at JUCO, ‘cuz it was that good…

It’s a common thing for us to think about the people that have influenced our lives.  Usually if someone asks you what person has had the most influence, you look externally and think of a parent, a teacher, a coach, or even Jesus Christ.  But even as much as all these influence you, the biggest influence is yourself.  The choices that you make every day both define your future path and make you who you are, action by action, for better or for worse.  Even trying to coast through life and avoid those tough choices is a choice in itself.  We can’t avoid them, so embrace them head on. Be alert for those opportunities, and make that tough choice that puts others first, that builds your character, that honors God.
MOLESKIN:
The cone was originally meant to be at the top of Mount Crumpet, but it was too dark to even see the cone, much less read what was written on the boards.  And dang, 3/4″x3″x10″ boards are surprisingly difficult to throw! Several ended up in the stream, 2 actually got stuck IN THE TREE.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Great job everyone who’s recovering from the CSAUP.  Prayers for Squeaker’s cousin Jill and two daughters, who just lost husband/father in a car accident.

My final Q

THE SCENE: Cloudy, cool, with a few snowflakes drifting into view… Ratchet and Bowflex to name a couple.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
LBAC x20 each way IC
Russian Dance x10 each leg (holding squat, alternate forward heel taps)
Outhouse Run, Bernie back
Shoulder Taps x20 IC
Plank Twist with reach through – x10IC each arm

THA-THANG:
Form 2 lines and Indian Run over to where the boats were for 11s on the hill.
Box jumps at the bottom, Ranger merkins at the top.
First and last trip up the hill are backward bear crawl.
Other trips alternate sprint and Bernie Sanders.

Finish up at the top, mosey across the parking lot and down the path and stairs for
10 burpees at the bottom
20 BBS between staircases
30 Merkins at the top of the hill
20 BBS betweeen staircases
10 burpees at the bottom
Gas pumps or other ab work until 6 up

Mosey around to the base of the Matterhorn, circle up for Tempo Sumo Squats – x20 IC

2 lines Blacksnake back to the AO

MARY:
Bicycle x20 IC
Side Crunches x20 IC each side
Row your Boat a few times
Superman Swim x15 IC
AMRAP Merkins for the last minute.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX representing! (sorry, Pirate… working on your tag)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Nothing extremely profound today. It was my final Q… for the month of January. February is a new month with a bunch of opportunities to step up and lead!
Over January I snagged a Q at each of the 7 Knoxville AOs. Getting out and working with men from all the areas of town was a real joy and privilege. If your AO’s slots get filled up, grab a Q or two at another AO. You’ll be glad you did!
MOLESKIN:
Apparently box jumps on the big rocks by the hill are deemed a bit risky by most of the PAX. Something about not wanting to fall down a cliff or something? I dunno. Some of them managed to not jump all the way over their rocks…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F opportunity this Sunday delivering basketballs and leading 2.0 workout at Wesley House, Alcoa CSAUP

Part of your balanced breakfast

THE SCENE: Like 26 or something.  Dry and comfy… good grief, I don’t think I even feel the daggum air anymore.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x15 IC, then x15 more I-Faster-C
Burpees x5 OYO
Plank Twist and Reach Through x10 IC each side
LBAC x15 each way IC
Hindurkins x10 IC
Burpees x5
Al Gore Tuck x10 IC
Bear Crawl around the outside of the circle!
Dang, that feels farther than it looks.

THA-THANG:
Insert information about the workout.
Mosey over to the amphitheater… Balance set up at the top.
14 PAX, so load one side with 2 handfuls of gems (about 60)
PAX gather at the bottom of the stairs
Everyone does sets of 15 merkins OYO, taking a gem up the stairs to the balance and moseying back around the path.
Once the balance tips, dump one side and everyone switches to sets of 15 BBS.
One more tip, switch to sets of 10 Box Jumps on the stage.

After about 3 sets of Box Jumps we’re running out of time. Gather at the top and Indian Run back to the AO

MARY:
Circle up on your six:
Flutter Kicks x15 IC
Slutter Kicks x15 IC
Side Crunch x15 IC each side
Superman Swims x15 IC
Protractors
AMRAP Merkins until time called!

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
14 today – 2x the number of completeness. Perfectly balanced!  Sorry Petey, couldn’t find you on the site to tag you…
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

We are all out here this morning exercising physical discipline in training our bodies. I probably wouldn’t exactly call F3 strict training, but it does take a good amount of self-discipline to pull your socks on at 5am and get out in the cold. And, as anyone who’s been away from the gloom for a while can tell you, the “crown” we gain out here of a modicum of physical fitness certainly doesn’t last.

So I want to encourage you throughout the day to exercise in your spiritual life that same level and more of self-discipline and the intentionality of action, looking forward to the prize that your Lord has for you.

MOLESKIN:
It was great sharing the gloom with you HIMs this morning! Sorry to Peach Fuzz for getting the “same Q second verse” treatment, having experienced the balance at JUCO on Monday…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pray for Popeye and a group from Celebrate Recovery heading down to St Kitts to minister to people whose lives are gripped by destructive addictions!

Alcoa CSAUP Event – February 24

Mark your calendar and make the HC, 2018’s first CSAUP event is next month, and it’s FREE!

On Saturday, February 24th we will gather at 6:00am at the Bomb Shelter (aka Springbrook Park Rec Center) for an epic morning.  UPDATE! Due to another event starting from the Springbrook Recreation Center later that day, please park in the church parking lot at 617 Gilbert Street! It’s just a short walk from there to the start point at Springbrook. We’ll start with a quick warm up workout and then head out.  The event will cover approximately 10 miles and include 5 different “stops” along the way where various PAX members will lead us in a short workout before continuing on.  You can check out the route at this plotaroute.com map.

This event is NOT about speed, it’s about working hard and getting better together!  We start together and finish together.  Set the goal and then come out and give it all you have.  No man left behind, no man left the same.

Check out the awesome shirt design at: https://f3.mudgear.com/products/f3-alcoa-csaup-shirt-pre-order.
Then put one in your cart and order it!
Spread the word, get to training and let’s crush it!

2 Handfuls

THE SCENE: 41 degrees and overcast
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers x10 IC
SSH x20 IC
Torso Twist x8 IC
What time is it?
Ab Crabs x15 IC
Al Gore Tuck Jumps x8 IC
Planche Practice x5

THA-THANG:
Mosey to curb:
20x Calf Raise OYO
25% Run across lot
20x Calf Raise OYO
50% Run
20x Calf Raise OYO
75% Run
20x Calf Raise OYO
AYG Run
20x Calf Raise OYO

Mosey to the main quad, where the balance is set up.
One handful of gems loaded to one side of the balance (around 30-ish)

PAX assemble 40yd away.
Each HIM does sets of 15 merkins OYO, carries one gem to the balance.
R&R until the balance tips!
Peach Fuzz finally tipped it, so on to the next exercise!
Sets of 15 BBS
Came so close to tipping, but ran out of time!

MARY:
Circle up on Six for
15x Side Crunch IC (each side)
Protractors

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 PAX, including FNG: Jammies (Paul Hester Jr). Progeny of Peach Fuzz!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Colossians 3:23: Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.

This was spoken by Paul specifically toward slaves and their relationship to their masters, but of course it applies to us as well. I’m often guilty (this past week in particular) do doing things grudgingly rather than heartily. Whether it’s for your master, your employer, your spouse, your in-laws… do it heartily. Your mind has a lot of control over your emotions. If you make that choice, not only will you be honoring to God, you’ll do a better job and be happier for it.

MOLESKIN:
Props to Jammies for finally posting after a bunch of EHing from all sides! Heads up, Big Ballers… I think the balance may be headed your way on Thursday. I’ll start the handful a bit smaller so we can get more in!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget the Alcoa CSAUP 2/24